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/****************************************************************************
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/*!
    \contentspage list-of-language-items.html
    \previouspage FileTagger
    \nextpage JobLimit
    \qmltype Group
    \inqmlmodule QbsLanguageItems
    \ingroup list-of-items
    \keyword QML.Group

    \brief Groups files in a product.

    This item is attached to a \l{Product}{product} and used to group files that
    have something in common.

    For example:

    \code
    Application {
        Group {
            name: "common files"
            files: ["myclass.h", "myclass_common_impl.cpp"]
        }
        Group {
            name: "Windows files"
            condition: qbs.targetOS.contains("windows")
            files: "myclass_win_impl.cpp"
        }
        Group {
            name: "Unix files"
            condition: qbs.targetOS.contains("unix")
            files: "unixhelper.cpp"
            Group {
                name: "Linux files"
                condition: qbs.targetOS.contains("linux")
                files: "myclass_linux_impl.cpp"
            }
            Group {
                name: "FreeBSD files"
                condition: qbs.targetOS.contains("freebsd")
                files: "myclass_freebsd_impl.cpp"
            }
        }
        Group {
            name: "Files to install"
            qbs.install: true
            qbs.installDir: "share"
            files: "runtime_resource.txt"
        }
    }
    \endcode
    When specifying files, you can use the wildcards "*", "?" and "[]", which have their usual meaning.
    By default, matching files are only picked up directly from the parent directory, but you can tell \QBS to
    consider the whole directory tree. It is also possible to exclude certain files from the list.
    The pattern ** used in a pathname expansion context will match all files and zero or more
    directories and subdirectories.
    For example:
    \snippet reference/items/language/group.qbs 0

    A group can also be used to attach properties to build artifacts such as executables or
    libraries. In the following example, an application is installed to "<install root>/bin".
    \code
    Application {
        Group {
            fileTagsFilter: "application"
            qbs.install: true
            qbs.installDir: "bin"
        }
    }
    \endcode

    Groups may also appear in \l{Module}{modules}, which causes the respective
    sources to be added to the products depending on the said module, unless
    the \l{filesAreTargets} property is set.

    Groups can be nested. In this case, child groups inherit the module
    properties and \l{FileTagger}{file tags} as well as the prefix of their
    parent group. The \l{condition} of a child group gets logically
    ANDed with the one of its parent group.
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty string Group::name

    The name of the group. Not used internally; mainly useful for IDEs.

    \defaultvalue "Group x", where x is a unique number among all the
    groups in the product.
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty list Group::files

    The files in the group. Mutually exclusive with \l{fileTagsFilter}.
    Relative paths are resolved using the parent directory of the file
    that contains the Group item. However, if the \l{prefix} property is set to
    an absolute path, then that one becomes the base directory.

    \defaultvalue An empty list
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty bool Group::filesAreTargets

    If this property is \c true and the group is in a \l{Module}, the files in the
    group will not become source artifacts of the product that depends on the module.
    Instead, they are treated like target artifacts of products. That is, they will be
    matched against the \l{Rule::inputsFromDependencies}{inputsFromDependencies}
    file tag list of \l{Rule}{rules} in products that depend on the module.

    \defaultvalue \c false
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty string Group::prefix

    A string to prepend to all files. Slashes are allowed and have directory
    semantics.

    \defaultvalue The prefix of the parent group if one exists, otherwise empty.
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty list Group::fileTagsFilter

    List of \l{Artifact::fileTags}{artifact.fileTags} to match. Any properties
    set in this group will be applied to the product's artifacts whose file tags
    match the ones listed here.

    The file tags that the group's \l{fileTags} property specifies will
    be added to the matching artifacts.

    This property is mutually exclusive with \l{files}.

    \defaultvalue An empty list
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty bool Group::condition

    Determines whether the files in the group are actually considered part of
    the project.

    \defaultvalue \c true
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty list Group::fileTags

    A list of file tags to attach to the group's files. These can then be
    matched by a \l{Rule}{rule}.

    \note \l{FileTagger}{File taggers} are never applied to a file that has this
    property set.

    \defaultvalue An empty list
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty bool Group::overrideTags

    Determines how tags on files that are listed both at the top level of
    a product (or the parent group, if there is one) and a group are handled.
    If this property is \c true, then the \l{FileTagger}{file tags} set via the
    group replace the ones set via the product or parent group.
    If it is \c false, the \e {group tags} are added to the \e {parent tags}.

    This property is ignored if \l{fileTagsFilter} is set.

    \defaultvalue \c true
*/

/*!
    \qmlproperty list Group::excludeFiles

    A list of files that are \e subtracted from the files list. Useful when
    using wildcards.

    \defaultvalue An empty list
*/